What is a D&C??

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Anonymous wrote:if you had a miscarriage then a D&C is not an abortion, my apologies. But over half of the country is now pro-life, and obviously this is a subject where feelings run high, so no surprise reactions will be pretty varied and drastic. personally i am very anti-abortion.

It is actually currently a statistical tie. But before we start getting emotional about numbers, here is the best data:

http://people-press.org/reports/pdf/549.pdf

depends on the polling, but also I'd note that Pew asks "illegal in ALL cases". if you carve out incest and rape then the pro-life position is much higher than 50%. Good link though.

No, they actually are reporting "Most or All" at slightly above 50%, which is meant to include the people who carve out rape and incest. There are also many "pro-choice" people who feel that there are certain limited situations in which abortion should be illegal (for instance, some disagree with late term). So "Most or All" in pro-choice is not a pure vote, either.

If you take another poll, from Gallop, you can clearly see how only a minority are absolute on either side: http://www.gallup.com/poll/118399/more-americans-pro-life-than-pro-choice-first-time.aspx

In this poll, only 23% of people believe abortion should be illegal in all cases. And 22% of the population believes abortion should be legal in all cases. The in between space is a mix 53% of people who want a rape/incest exclusion, or those who want general legality but some limited circumstances outlawed (late term for example). It is the ambiguity of the huge middle ground that causes Pew to ask "illegal in most or all" or "illegal in most or all" cases.

Both pro-life and pro-choice groups hae really politicized the numbers, but the research shows that the population falls on a spectrum (which is best highlighted by the Gallup data). And if you ask them to show which way they are leaning (the intent of the Pew survey) they are statistically split down the middle.

This complexity is unwanted by the organizations on either side, but yet it exists.

So 50% of the nation does not believe in the woman's right to chose? I do not believe that one bit. Until EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THIS COUNTRY can be polled I do not think 50% of the nation is pro life, no way, no how.

Disbelieving polls simply because you disagree with the result does not make sense. Your argument is only credible if you can point to errors in the sampling or the questions. But so many polls on the subject are done, it is hard to invalidate them all.

It's just a poll, of a sampling of people. How do you know who they sampled or where? I still firmly disagree most of the nation is pro choice.

You know because you can read their polling methodology and questionnaire. Like any study, they publish it. They will tell you everything you need to know to answer that question. And there is a whole field of study around the accuracy and limits of polling. The state of the profession is such now that unless 50% of the population is pro-choice non-telephone owners, they aren't going to be very far off.

Now turn the question back onto yourself. What do you believe gives you a better perspective of people from all parts of the country and walks of life, that is better than a random sample of Americans by a polling company?

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Anonymous wrote:pretty much when you murder your baby.

Fuck you! I don't care about your trite half-ass apology. You knew what you were saying. I lost my BABY (no heartbeat) and having my child scraped out to SAVE MY LIFE and future ability to have kids was the worst day of my life. Comments like this just piss me off. You are probably the same bitch from Federal Blue Cross who denied my procedure and said that my D&c was "my choice" and would not be covered. Excuse me, but I never would have chosen to lose my baby.

Signed,
Mother of Three but Only Ever Got to Hold Two